Cistus Canadensis

Helianthemum canadensa. Rock-rose. Ice-plant. Frost-weed. N. O. Cistaceae. Tincture of whole plant.

Clinical

Bone affections. Cancer. Diarrhoea. Erysipelas. Follicular pharyngitis. Glandular 8WcUings. Hip-joint disease. Hospital gangrene. Lupns. Panaritium. Parotitis. Scorbutus. Scrofula. Sore-throat. Ulcers. Zona.

Characteristics

Cistus is a very ancient remedy for scrofulous affections, and also in scorbutic states and gangrenous ulcerations. The provings and homoeopathic uses confirm its suitability in these respects and bring out clearer indications. It is most suited to scrofulous subjects who are very sensitive to cold air. " Sensitive to cold air '' runs through the pathogenesis and also feelings of coldness, of which its peculiar property of favouring the formation of ice about its roots in early winter is strangely suggestive. Cold f eeUngs : in larynx ; in abdomen. '' Inhaling the slightest cold air causes sorethroat, which he has not when inhaling in a warm room." Inhaled air feels cool. Cold breath. Stitches and cold feelings are very prominent ; there is also a soft or spongy feeling which is very characteristic. (I cured with Cistus a case of sore-throat that had lasted for years under allopathic treatment with local stabbing. There was an accumulation of thick yellow, leathery phlegm that had to be cleared away by local means. The patient complained of a " spongy " feeling in the throat, and that led me to tue remedy.) Trembling (with the fever). Sensation as if ants were running thnmgh the whole body (in evening, mth anxious, difficult breathing). There is also great sensitiveness to touch : < from touch. Throat symptoms > by swallowing. < By motion. < Evening ; night ; morning. < By drinking coffee (diarrhoea). > By expectoration. BmitlonB.Antidoted by : Rhus t, Camph., and Sepia. ComfaUblc : Magnesium (the plant grows on a magnesium soil), Bell., Carb. v., Phos. Incompatible: Coffee. Compare: Arg. n., Lach., Carb. V. (cold breath) ;- Sul. (morning diarrhoea).

Mind p. 531

Bad effects from vexation. — All mental excitement <; (stitches in throat ; cough).

Head p. 531

Headache in sinciput after being kept waiting for dinner ; > eating ; < towards evening and lasts all night ; in r. side, with piercing pain in eye. — Forehead cold, and sensation of coolness inside forehead, in a ▼ery warm room. — Pressive pain at root of nose with headache. — Head drawn to one side by swellings in neck.

Eyes p. 531

Stitches in eyes; scrofulous inflammation; feeling as if something were passing around in the eye, with stitches. — Weight above eyes.

Ears p. 531

Discharge of water and bad-smelling pus. — Inner swelling of ears with discharge. — Tetters on and around the ear, extending into meatus. —Swelling of parotid glands.

Nose p. 531

Cdd feeling, or burning in nose. — Chronic catarrh ; frequent and violent sneezing evening and morning. — Inflammation, swelling and iniraing L side of nose. — Tip of nose painful. — Eczema.

Face p. 531

Feeling as if facial muscles would be drawn to one side. — Flushes of heat in face.— Heat and burning in bones of face. — Half-way up cheek, swelling beginning at ear. — Vesicular erysipelas. — Lupus. — Sharp shooting, intolerable itching, and thick crusts ; with burning on r. zygoma. — Caries of lower jaw ; with suppurating glands on neck.— Open, bleeding cancer on lower lip.

Mouth p. 531

Scorbutic, swollen gums, separating from teeth; easily bleeding, putrid, disgusting. — Dry tongue and palate. — Tongue sore, surface as if raw. — Impure breath. — Sensation of coldness of tongue, larynx and trachea.— Saliva cool ; breath feels cool.

Throat p. 531

Coolness in throat. — Soft or spongy feeling in throat. — k% if sand in throat — Continuous feeling of dryness and heat < after sleeping, eating and drinking. — Small dry spot in gullet ; < after sleeping must get up and drink ; > after eating ; throat looks glassy ; on back of throat stripes of tough or leathery mucus. — Must swallow saliva to relieve unbearable dryness, csp. daring night — Periodical itching in throat. — Dry, without feeling dry. — Burning high up behind uvula. — Stitches cause cough; when mentally agitated. — Cough causes tearing pain in throat — Sore.throat < from inhaling least cold air. — Hawking of mucus, tough, gum-like, thick, tasteless ; mostly mornings, — Expectoration of (bitter) mucus, relieving throat — Scrofulous swelling and suppuration of glands of throat. n. Stonoiach. — Desire for acid food and fruits, but pain and diarrhoea follow eating them. — Desire for cheese. — Eating and drinking > dry throat and pain in sinciput — Af ter eating : pain in stomach ; cold feeling in stomach. — Af ter drinking coffee, diarrhoea. — Empty and cool eructations. — Frequent nausea ; with diarrhoea. 12, 13. Abdomen, Rectum, and Stool.—Stitches in l. hypocbondriam. — Cool feeling in whole abdomen. — Pain in groin coming from back. — Thin, greyish-yellow, hot stools, squirting out ; irresistible urging, < from midnight until noon. — Diarrhoea : from coffee ; fruits ; with goitre ; chronic ; in wet weather ; in scrawny scrofulous children. — Chronic dysentery.

Male Sexual Organs p. 532

Itching in scrotum.

Female Sexual Organs p. 532

Induration of mammae ; sensitive to cold air ; cancer.

Respiratory Organs p. 532

Larynx and trachea : inhaled air feels cool ; itching in ; feeling as if windpipe had not space enough. — Asthmatic in evening after lying down and at night. — Cough : < by mental agitation ; from stitches in throat ; with painful tearing in throat. — Raw feeling in upper chest extending into throat. — Expectoration of bitter mucus. — After raising phlegm feels very much relieved.

Neck and Back p. 532

Glands of neck and throat swollen ; suppuration. — Itching on back. — Eruption like zona. — Burning, bruised pain in coccyx preventing sitting, < from contact

Limbs p. 532

In evening, pains in knees, in r. hand, in l. shoulder.— Drawing pains in muscular parts of hands and of lower extremities, with pains in joints, fingers, and knees. — Tearing and drawing pains in all the joints, knees and fingers.

Upper Limbs p. 532

Sprained pain in wrists. — Pain in fingers (r. hand) while writing. — Tearing in finger-joints. — Tips of fingers very sensitive to cold. — Tetter on hands.

Lower Limbs p. 532

Pains in knee and r. thigh when walking or sitting. — Tearing in knees. — Piercing pain in r. great toe (evening). — Cold feet

Skin p. 532

Itching all over body without eruption. — Vesicular erysipelas of face. — Lupus on face. — Tetter. — Hard swelling roid mercurial syphilitic ulcers on lower limbs.

Sleep p. 532

Very restless at night. — Sleepless from dryness of throat- Night sweats.

Fever p. 532

Chilliness ; followed by heat with trembling, accompanied by a rapid swelling and great redness of glands below ear and in throat- Heat with thirst, causing to drink frequently. — Night sweats. — Sweats easily.